Heather Martin has been meditating for over 40 years, in various traditions. Theravada has been her main practice since 1981 (with some exposure to Dzogchen in the Tibetan tradition, and the teaching of Burmese Sayadaw U Tejaniya more recently). She has been teaching retreats in North America since 2001, mostly in the western provinces of Canada and the west coast of the US. She guides Salt Spring Island Vipassana Community, where she has lived for 35 years. For more information about Heather you can visit www.ssivipassana.org.